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Full Offseason

Whole offseason:

Fire OC Hire Norv Turner. Just announced he will be fired.

Trade Young for to the Patriots for a fifth and sixth next year
Trade Backus and Peterman to Cardinals for a fourth and sixth; they need a better line overall. These guys would give them instant veteran starters that can groom younger players.

Resign:
Houston 4 years 22 million
Sammie Hill 3 years 8 million
Durant 3 years 12 million
Muhlbach 1 year 500K

Tag Delmas

Let Avril, Levy, and C Will go. That is 20 million in cap space right there.

Sign Stafford to new deal that only pays him 10-12 million this year instead of the 23 million he is owed. I say 5 years 92 million is good for him.

I still want Brian Kelly. He is the man for the job. I also think he very well may be available, especially if they lose to Bama which is very possible. Get Norv Turner on the same page, him running the offense would be great. For D coordinator, I would look at Rivera. He very well could be fired,and is a great defensive coach. Also Bamas D coordinator is a possibility ion the league I hear, that is something to look into.

Then go ahead and trade Titus Young, and a future 5th to Kansas City for Dexter McCluster. He can run, catch, and return. Now we have Calvin, Burleson, Broyles, McCluster, and Thomas. We are pretty much set there. Dont have to draft a RB or WR high now. Can focus on bigger needs.

Then assuming we pick top 10 and the Rams have two first in the mid teens, I say we look for a trade. Our 1st(which will be top 10), 2nd, 6th, and Pettigrew for both their 1sts and their 4th, as well as a swap of the 3rds. They desperately need a good TE and Pettigrew gives them that.

-Resign Delmas to a three year deal with lots incentives(cause his injury concerns)
-resign Durant, Houston, Heller, Sam Hill, I cannot see Corey Williams costing that much. If not he's a reliable 4th DT moving forward.

Cut Peterman, restructure Backus. I can't see him wanting to go anywhere else at this point.

Draft day trade:: move back with 2nd 1st, grab another 3rd.

1A. Taylor Lewan LT Michigan.
got our two bookend tackles. Let the coaches decide who can play which side going forward.
1B. Chance Warmack Guard Alabama. Make our offense a two headed monster attack we shouldnt have to rely on passing and Leshoure is good enough to be a lead back, he should get 20 carries a game. Let's give him somewhere to run.
3A. Tony Jefferson S Oklahoma.
Would love to have him here in Detroit.
3B. Will Sutton DE Arizona State.
This dude is big and strong and has a big time motor. Next to Suh and Fairley we could easily be looking at the scariest dline in football.
4. Jake Knott LB Iowa State.
Easy player to like. Good ball player. Will end up startin somewhere in the league
5. Michael Williams TE Alabama.
good run blocker, has some potential as a receiver being he is 6'6.
7. Tyrann Mathieu CB LSU. Complete stud who likes pot. His stock will drop I think. I wont be surprised if he isnt drafted. We as fans love the guy but owers and teams dont like knuckle heads like this for the most part.

Stafford
Leshoure/Bell/signee?
Calvin/Broyles/Burleson/Thomas/McCluster/signee?
Scheffler/Williams/Heller
Reiff/Warmack(is a left guard)/Raiola or Nagy/Sims(can play both sides)/Lewan

this is how I'd love to see things go down this offseason:
if Norv Turner and Rex Ryan get the can:
Fire both Scott Linehan and Gunther Cunningham, hire Turner and Ryan. I'd love Ryan as a def. coordinator.

Our running game wouldn't really improve too much, but let's not kid ourselves we're not a team built to be 50-50, or probably even 60-40, maybe Turner can get us closer to 60-40, but we're built around a prolific passing game. Ryan as a def. coordinator brings a take chances type of unit that forces turnovers, gets to the quarterback, is tenacious, and can be a real game-altering defense. Tyrann Mathieu is an obvious upgrade from Stefan Logan. Dee Milliner and Bacarri Rambo, while rookies, immediately step into starting roles and over time improve our DBs tremendously, Mathieu could earn that dime spot from Green. You save a lot of money getting rid of Avril, KVB, Durant, Cherilus, Williams, Florence, Lacey, etc. but knowing that financially we're still digging out of the hole, I'd prefer to make one significant move to replace Durant and improve that OLB spot, and save the rest of the $$ for 2014 so we can continue to add pieces, re-sign players, and better our financial situation. Montgomery can come in right away and easily start or rotate with Jackson and Willie Young at DE. The O-Line, while aging, is a lesser-need as of this moment, and can probably wait for a significant overhaul for at least one year. Just allow Reiff to get his feet a little deeper in the water at RT. In 2014 is when I'd look for the to replace Backus and begin looking for replacements for Raiola and Peterman

Pointless and stupid to move Pettigrew at this point. I'd rather get another receiving TE to go along with him and Scheffler and start using Pettigrew more for blocking, let Will Heller go and bring in a FB.

And, bring back Durant and please, please let Travis Lewis get some reps at OLB. Someone with his energy and playing the run abilities is what we need in the LB group.

would rather have lewis fill levys spot, seeing how durant is the all around better player i think, better pass coverage, both in man and zone, also very smart

Yeah. I don't know how Lewis is in coverage, but he was a beast against the run in college. Not like his coverage could be any worse than Levy's. His energy is what would help the most. almost like another Delmas on the field, sometimes that play is contagious.

travis lewis was considered a first round pick a few years back, dont know how in hell he fell off the map! not like his production lacked at all, still a 100+ tackler never seemed (from what we know) had off field issues

travis lewis was considered a first round pick a few years back, dont know how in hell he fell off the map! not like his production lacked at all, still a 100+ tackler never seemed (from what we know) had off field issues

apparently had an injury and was rushed back. also ran a 4.88 at the combine, but his game speed definitely doesn't look to be lacking any

I still think in the 6th or 7th we have to take a look at K/P Quinn Sharp Oklahoma State. Most people here complain about Hanson not being able to kick it out of the endzone on kickoff, this guy led the nation, he also averaged 46.3 yds per punt in his career. He was a 70% fg kicker in college (not great but there's room for improvement) Also imagine having the same guy kick and punt on your team, it opens up a roster spot too. I think he gives great value for we we need late. We get a good punter, a great kickoff guy and he can learn under Hanson for fg's for a year or two